Special Olympics Chester County provides free, year-round sports training and athletic competition in 18 Olympic-type sports for individuals with mental retardation and closely related developmental disabilities. This provides the athlete with continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness skills, express courage, and participate in the sharing of gifts, skills, and friendship with their families, other athletes and the community.

Special Olympics is founded on the belief that people with mental retardation can, with proper instruction and encouragement, learn, enjoy, and greatly benefit from participation in individual and team sports, adapted as necessary to meet the needs of those with mental and physical disabilities. Further, Special Olympics believes that through sports training and competition, people with mental retardation benefit physically, mentally, socially, and spiritually; families are strengthened; and the community at large, both through participation and observation, is united with people with mental retardation in an environment of equality, respect, and acceptance.

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